December Update! Study!! Study!! Study!!

I know everyone is excited for Christmas Break! However, this is not just the season to be jolly, but also the season to study for your 9 week exam. We are strating our 9 week exam and testing all this week. Students need to come prepared with a number 2 pencil and MUST study their notes in their notebook.

The testing schedule is as follows:

 Tuesday, December 13, 2011

1st, 4th, and  5th period will be tested with me.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

2nd, 4th, and 6th Periods will be testing with me.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

3rd, 4th, and 7th periods will be testing with me.

Here are what the students should know for the 9 week exam:

1. Exact Rhyme
2. Figurative Language
3. Assonance
4. Cosonance
5. Apostrophe
6. Paradox
7. Alliteration
8. Onomatopoeia
9. Rhyme Scheme
10. Hyperbole
11. Personification
12. Imagery
13. Metaphor
14. Simile
15. Understatement
16. Ballad
17. Free and Fixed Forms
18. Lyric
19. Narrative
20. Rhyme
21. Verse
22. Stanza
23. Connotation
24. Denotation
25. Diction
26. Author's Purpose
27. Anecdote
28. Fiction and Nonfiction
29. Autobiography
30. Memoir
31. Biography
32. Formal and Informal Essay
33. Idiom
34. Personal Narrative
35. Point of View
36. Prose
37. Symbolism
38. Anecdote
39. Author's Purpose (narrative, persuasive, expository, and technical)
40. Thesis Statement
41. How to Engage the Reader